Despite being in the squad for the first Test against South Africa in Mirpur, Zakir Hasan did not play the match. Although he did not play the match, he is in the squad for the second Test in Chittagong. After that, Zakir was discovered in the field of Sylhet! It is known that Zakir has been released as he is unlikely to play in the second Test. However, even after leaving the national team and returning to the national league, his fate did not change. The wicketkeeper batsman failed in both innings. Despite Zakir's failure, his team Sylhet is smelling victory at the end of the second day.
Sylhet and Chittagong meet at ground two of Sylhet International Stadium. On the first day, Sylhet bowlers bowled Chittagong all out for 198 runs. The highest innings of 73 runs came from the bat of Chittagong's Yasir Ali Rabbi. Sylhet's Rezaur Rahman Raja and Tofail Ahmed took three wickets each.
Sylhet also went into batting after tying Chittagong to a few runs. Zakir Hasan was flown from the national team tent to increase the batting power of Sylhet. But he disappointed. He is not having a good time lately. He got out for 13 runs off 17 balls in the first innings. Not only Zakir, but no one from Sylhet could live up to the expectations. The maximum 34 runs came from the bat of Asadullah Al Ghalib. Their total collection stands at 152 runs.
Among Chittagong bowlers, Ifran Hossain took 5 wickets. Besides, Ashraful Hasan took two wickets.
Chittagong went into bat in the second innings leading by 46 runs. This time they were bowled by Raja, Naeem Ahmed and Nasum Ahmed for 173 runs. Maximum 42 runs came from the bat of Sajjadul Haque Ripon. Naeem, Raja and Nasum took three wickets each.
Sylhet ended the day with 130 runs after losing 2 wickets in 22 overs after playing for 220 runs in the last session on Sunday. The hosts are 90 runs away from victory. Taufiq Khan Tushar (51) and Zakir Hasan (36) were run out. Pinak Ghosh (14) and Amit Hasan (23) are unbeaten in runs.
Sylhet will go into bat with the remaining 8 wickets on Monday morning with a target of 90 runs. The hosts are very close to victory in the current state of the match. On the other hand, even if Chittagong wins, controlled bowling is not an option.
